Disclaimer: I do not own The 100 or the characters in it. They are owned by Kass Morgan
Summery: Clarke was always good at keeping secrets. In fact, she's been keeping one since she was six years old and it's about to come out in the open.
Couples: Bellarke eventually
Rating: T probably because of swearing mostly
Author's Note: My heart almost busted out of my chest at how much people responded to this story so far. I am so grateful to everyone that reviewed, liked, gave kudos, and read this story so far. I hope everyone likes this next chapter.
Oh and as far as age goes: Bellamy is 21, Clarke is 17, and Octavia is 16.
XOXOXOX
The juvenile delinquents could only see green. Bright green as they look at Earth for the first time. It was so beautiful. Everything was bright and colorful compared to their own dull and gray lives. Octavia and the rest of the group were in complete awe at what they were looking at.
Octavia looks back and sees Bellamy and Clarke smiling encouragingly at her before she slowly steps off the ship onto the brown soil that was Earth. She looks around for a couple seconds, as if she was waiting to burst into flames, face start boiling, skin turn green, but was pleasantly surprised when nothing happened.
"We're back bitches!" She exclaims holding her hands out in freedom. The rest of the one hundred run off the ship and start to cheer that they were finally home! Home for the first time.
People were dancing and singing with joy and Bellamy watches his sister with a smile on his face at seeing her so happy and so free for the first time in her life. However, that smile dies when he see The Ark's princess run to his sister and they start jumping and dancing together in happiness. They looked so...familiar with each other, but how could that be?
What the hell did Octavia mean when she said she's known Clarke since she was five years old?! Her sister has only known to him and their mother until...the incident. There was no way they would have kept this secret from him for ten years without him knowing.
Suddenly he sees the princess hug his sister before moving towards the side of the ship where she takes out a map. Oh well, as of this moment she is not his problem; it's his time to spend with his sister. He risked his life by killing the chancellor to get here and he'd be damned if he couldn't spend all his time with her before The Ark followed them down here. That was when he would have to split.
He steps off the ship and admits to himself that this was beautiful. Never in his wildest dreams did he imagine going to Earth, always under the illusion that if they did return to the ground it would only be the privileged that would go, leaving the rest of the working class in space forever. When he reaches his sister she wraps her arms around him and he spins her in happiness. As long as she was happy and safe, the rest didn't matter.
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Clarke looks over at the map and remembers Jaha's message about how they needed to go to Mount Weather for food and shelter. The only problem was, they dropped the ship in a large radioactive forest. It would be a good twenty miles between their destination.
"Why the long face?" She turns and sees a guy looking at her curiously. She forgot his name, but she was pretty sure he was the idiot that wasted two months worth of oxygen on an illegal spacewalk. She thinks it might be Lynn.
"They dropped us on the wrong damn mountain." She says angrily as she folds her map and puts it in her pocket.
"So?" He asks looking for an explanation. If she wasn't so annoyed, she would have found him adorable, but at the moment she couldn't see past her irritation. How could her mother and the rest of the council think this was a bright idea?
"So we need to get to Mount Weather if we plan on surviving." She says and he nods before standing up straight.
"Okay so lets go." He says and she shakes her head.
Before she can reply, Wells comes towards them with a look of jealousy on his face. He needed to get over himself. She didn't feel that way about him even when they were friends and now she hated his guts.
"Where are we going?" He asks sharply before giving Finn Collins a look of distrust.
"Well me and him are going to Mount Weather to get supplies. I don't care where you go as long as it's far from me." She shoots back and the guy snorts and Wells gives him a look before looking back at her.
"It's not safe. And how are you and Finn going to carry supplies for a hundred?" He asks in a condescending tone that makes her want to slap him.
The guy, apparently named Finn grabs two guys that were talking to some other people and drags them back to her.
"Four of us." He smiles and the two guys look nervous but make no attempt to move away. They looked harmless enough. One was Asian with a mushroom haircut and a small smile while the other was tall and skinny with a fair complexion and giant goggles around his head. Plus he was giving them a giant and goofy smile. Clarke instantly liked them.
Wells looks at her like he's waiting for her to stop this madness but she wouldn't dare. She needs all the help she can get to get those supplies. Plus, it would be nice to finally make some new friends. Now that Octavia was no longer a secret, she figures her friend would be looking to make some new people.
"Make that five!" Clarke looks and sees Octavia herself walk over to her and stand by her side.
"Can't get rid of me that easily C." She winks and Clarke resists the urge to hug her friend. Octavia really was the best friend she would ever have.
They five are just about to walk away before Bellamy himself blocks their path.
"And where do you think you're going?" He asks Octavia harshly. He just got her back and she was getting ready to leave him and go with the princess God knows where!?
The boys look a little put off but Clarke and Octavia stand their ground. The younger sister stares into her brother's eyes head on.
"We all need supplies from Mount Weather so I'm going to go and help Clarke and these guys bring them back." She answers calmly but determined.
"If you think I'm gonna let you go..."He starts to warn but she cuts him off.
"If you think I'm going to stay here to be watched over you're wrong. For the first time in my life I am free and no one is going to stop me. Not even you." She says before her eyes soften and she hugs her brother tightly.
"Don't worry. Clarke will watch out for me." She says as she lets him go before going over to Clarke and taking her hand.
Bellamy's eyes narrow at the girl but says nothing. He still needed to know just how their...friendship came to be but he knew now was not the time to start anything.
"Just be safe." He says before looking at the four others.
"And if anything happens to her...I'll rip your throat out." He threatens and the boys look frightened but the princess just stares at him emotionless before they start to walk past him.
Just who the hell did that princess bitch think she was?
He hears Clarke warning the kid with the long hair not to try and take his bracelet off, for it transmits their vitals to The Ark.
"Interesting." He mutters to himself before walking away. That information will come in handy.
Octavia links her arm with Clarke and whispers, "I hope you don't mind, but I call dibs on Finn." She says and Clarke smiles and shakes your head.
"I hope you don't mind...but I don't care." She teases and the girls laugh as they make their way from the rest of the group.
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As the five venture out to the unknown forest Octavia was gracefully wanders ahead and spins around, taking in the beauty of the forest and the sweet smell of the air that they've been deprived of their whole lives.
They stop when they see flowers for the first time and none of them can stop themselves from smelling the sweet smell. It was better than any of them imagined. Finn picks a flower up and puts it behind Octavia's ear who was trying hard not to blush.
"That's poison sumac you know?" The Asian one points out and Octavia quickly flicks the flower from her long brown hair.
"Not actually poisonous. They have some in The Ark's green house." The other one comments laughing slightly.
"So what were you two in for?" Finn asks the two friends who were talking to themselves and observing the plants around them.
"Poison sumac isn't the only herb they have on The Ark. Someone forgot to replace what we borrowed." The one with goggles on his head says looking at his friend with a mock angry glare.
"I said I was sorry like a billion times." He mutters shaking his head. While it sucked that they got caught, they got caught together.
"I'm Jasper, that's Monty." The one with goggles introduces himself and his friend who waves his hand in greeting.
"So what are you in for?" Jasper asks the pretty brunette.
Octavia looks over at Clarke who lowered her eyes in sadness. Her friend has been through so much and she wishes she could have protected her better.
"Being born." She replies emotionless before walking away from the goofy guys.
"She is so not game." Monty points out to Jasper but his best friend is just staring at the girl. Someone so beautiful shouldn't be so sad.
"Why do you think they brought us down here? Why now?" Monty asks aloud not really expecting an answer.
"The Ark is dying." Clarke answers emotionless as she walks ahead trying to make sure it was safe for everyone.
"What how do you know?" Finn asks worried. His girlfriend Raven was still up there! Maybe he could somehow warn her.
"My father found a flaw in the system. He thought the people had a right to know. The council...my mother disagreed and they floated him for it and put me in solitary so I couldn't finish what he started. They had about five months left, six now that we're gone." She answers and looks at the ground trying to hold in tears of the thought of her father dying trying to protect her and their people.
She feels a small hand on her shoulder and before she can say anything, Octavia wraps her arms around her and hugs her tight.
"I'm so sorry Clarke, I didn't know." She whispers and Clarke shakes her head.
"It's okay, I know you would have been there for me if you could have." She whispers back and they break apart.
"Lets get moving, we have a lot of ground to cover before nightfall." She says her face wiped of her earlier weakness. She couldn't afford to be upset. She had to protect herself and those she cared about.
Octavia and Bellamy being her main priorities.
The walk in silence for about an hour before they reach a lake.
"Water!" Monty exclaims happily. They never saw a river before and were in awe that so much water just sits here.
"This river isn't suppose to be here." Clarke looks at her map confused.
"Well it's here now." Finn jokes and Clarke resists the urge to grin back at him.
"Look!" Jasper points and they all turn to see Octavia taking off her pants.
"I don't know about you guys, but I'm taking full advantage of this." She says before jumping into the water.
"Octavia!" Clarke exclaims running towards the cliff to see her friend in the water, happy as can be.
"You can't swim!" Finn points out worried and Octavia just smiles before standing up.
"No but we can stand. Now take off your cloths and join me." She teases as she eases back into the refreshing water.
The four hurriedly start shedding cloths but Jasper sees a shadow that makes him stop. It looked like an animal. A large probably dangerous animal.
"Octavia get out of the water!" He screams and she whips her head and see the creature coming fast towards her. She tries to get to the edge but the thing grabs her and she screams.
Clarke screams her name before trying to find something to save her friend. She notices the large rocks and screams at the boys to help her distract the thing and release her friend. They drop the rock and the thing swims towards the noise as Jasper jumps into the water to grab the girl in distress.
He gets her our just in time and she clings to Jasper as she tries to catch her breath. She kisses his cheek and thanks him and Jasper can only nod back to her, too thankful they were alive. There is a large gash on her thigh but she looks okay.
"Note to self: Next time save the girl." Monty jokes trying to get everyone calm which works as they all smile and laugh. That's one crisis averted.
Hopefully the camp was doing okay
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Bellamy looked at this ninety five group of criminals in disgust. Since his sister and the group of "heroes" left, the rest of the one hundred were acting as if they owned the damn world. They were fighting each other, taking whatever they can from anyone smaller than them.
The young group of delinquents, the ones barley ten years old were cowering in the corner of the drop ship afraid of what the elder kids would do to them.
He knew he should try and establish order. However, he was too busy trying to come up with a plan to make sure The Ark didn't follow them down here. Because if they did, he was as good as dead.
Killing the chancellor kind of put a target on yourself. He wonders what the prince of The Ark would try and do to him if he knew that he killed the guy's daddy.
Suddenly he sees three thug looking guys taunting the chancellor's son and walks over to see what was up.
"You spelled die wrong dumbasses." Wells says as he walks away. Maybe following Clarke down here wasn't the best idea he's ever had.
They all turn and see Bellamy standing there looking less than impressed.
"If you're going to kill someone, it's best not to announce it." He advises and one kid rolls his eyes at him.
"What are you following the chancellor's son now?" He mocks him and Bellamy just wanted to smack the idiot across the face.
"No more than you are." He shoots back calmly.
"I don't follow anyone." The kid brags.
"You are by wearing that bracelet. You want The Ark to follow us down here and take over?" He asks and he can see the kid's eyes widen at the thought of being bossed around by the council again.
"Hell no."
Bellamy resists the urge to smirk.
"Take it off then. I think it's time for us to do whatever the hell we want." He smirks when the kid starts looking for scrap metal and orders the two with him to help him ply the bracelet off.
When it's off the three cheer, "Whatever the hell we want!" The one kid walks over to him and hold out his hand.
"I'm Murphy." He says and Bellamy nods and takes his hand and shakes it strongly.
"I think it's time we establish order around here Murphy. I could use the help." He says nonchalantly.
He walks off towards Wells who was gathering all the supplies he can and putting it in the drop ship.
"Hey Chancellor I got a question to ask you." Bellamy yells making the kid stop and look at him.
"What?"
"Did Clarke...ever mention Octavia to you?" He asks hesitantly. He can barley think about that princess knowing about his sister, but the thought of her and Wells both knowing would destroy him. He always thought he was doing a good job at hiding his little sister...maybe he was wrong for all these years.
Wells looks at the dangerous guy and narrows his eyes. It surprised him just as much as it surprised Bellamy that Clarke apparently was keeping this girl a secret all these years. He thinks back to when they were little...
(Flashback)
Six year old Wells hurries over to his best friend Clarke who, like always was busy drawing a picture instead of paying attention to him. Sometimes it bugged him that his friend was always in another world but he likes to look at her when she was drawing. She looked very pretty.
The little girl was biting her lip in concentration trying hard to make her picture look the best it can look.
Wells looks over Clarke's shoulders and sees three figures in her drawing. Two girls holding hands and a boy with dark skin smiling at him.
"Is that me with you and your mom?" He asks curiously making her stop drawing and smile at him.
"No silly that's me with my two best friends!" She exclaims like he should know the difference. He guesses it makes sense. The girl in her drawing had dark hair where as her mom had lighter hair.
"Who's your other friend?" Wells asks jealous that she had another friend and he didn't. Being the chancellor's son made it hard for him to make friends. Most of the kids were mean to him.
"She's my friend." Clarke answers simply and Wells glares at her.
"Can I meet her?" He asks hopefully. Maybe he can make another friend too! While he likes Clarke, he wants more friends.
Clarke puts her crayon down and looks him straight in the eyes with the most serious grown up look on her face.
"You can't see her." She says innocently before going back to her drawing.
Wells shrugs his shoulder and sits down next to her. Maybe some kids had imaginary friends later than others.
(End Flashback)
Wells looks at Bellamy and shrugs.
"When we were little she used to tell me she had a friend that no one could see. Her parents and I just assumed she had an imaginary friend. It was weird though, Clarke was always too logical for that." He comments before going back to his task of getting supplies for the rest of the camp. Maybe some of the others would help him.
Bellamy looks at the younger boy with a frown on his face. The few times he crossed paths with the princess she did seem too logical to have a fake friend.
So that means she knew about his sister since she was six and not once ever told anyone?
That realization shook him more than he was willing to admit.
TBC